After last season’s corresponding challenge meeting at Boston, when the were hammered 18-60, this was a marked improvement, especially after they had just ridden two matches in two days.
Hull in fact, kept Boston down to their narrowest victory this season.
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a lot of trouble with his hand injury, picked up 12.
Vikings’ other 5 came from Wasden (3), Tucker (1) & Devonport (1).
After the meeting, Mills again saw a doctor and, for the second time since an x-ray revealed no break, a doctor told him it was broken.
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times really flew round the Owlerton track.
Drury, having struggled in his previous meetings this season, found his best form to finish with 8 points in five rides, while Curoso, riding his own bike for the first time, was impressive and scored twice from 3.
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trouble I am certain we would have.”
Vikings problems, however, were not over for the car Dave Mills and the Facey brothers were using broke down on the way back and did not arrive back in Hull until 7am, and, three hours later, left for Boston.
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I was quite happy with the crowd. Had it been a better night we would have got another couple of thousand. The track will be a lot faster once it settles down.”
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The Boulevard opened its doors to speedway 55 years ago OTD with a challenge meeting against Sunderland. 5,000 turned up to see the Vikings win comfortably 47-25.
To maintain a link to Hull Angels, former captain Mick Mitchell was there as guest of honour.
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gave Carl Glover a fright as he went desperately close to 2nd.
Vikings success was emphasised by the fact that they won 9 of the 13 heats, but they finished 4th on 7 occasions, compared to Tigers’ 1.
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It was not close enough as Tigers won heat 14 4-2 and then shared the points in the remaining two heats.
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He won his first race and would have had more than 6 pts but for a tape-breaking exclusion.
Foreign permit riders Steve Gresham and Stein Pedersen still have a lot to learn about British conditions and managed only one point each in seven rides between them.
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not had engine trouble I feel certain we would have won, for those two heats turned the match.”
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Enjoy Thorpy’s first ever ride as a Viking from heat 3 of the opening meeting 31 years ago around this time. 💙
🎥 Adam Jennison
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brilliantly slipped inside Brhel on the 3rd and 4th bends to snatch a magnificent victory.
Crabtree, who led his team from the front, teamed up well with Smith in the 15th to share the points and gave Big Al an excellent win to finish the show off in style.
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champion Peter Collins, who ended the night with a 12-point maximum.
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score more than 1 point.
After a shaky start in which he almost gave 4,600 fans heart failure in heat 4 when he hit the same fence which seriously injured his back last season.
Devonport came back to pick up 4 points in his last 2 rides.
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Remembering 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 who sadly passed away 2 years ago OTD.
Thank you for the wonderful memories at the Boulevard.
Sending our 💙 to Chris and his family today.
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𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿 turns 53 today! 💙
Please join me in wishing him a Happy Birthday.
Have a good day Robbie, Happy Birthday mate. 👍🏻
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Today we remember 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 who sadly passed away 13 years ago OTD.
An absolute box office entertainer who helped put thousands on the gate at the Boulevard.
One hell of a rider and entertainer. 👊🏻
💙 to Lynsey and the family today.
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50 years ago promoter Ian Thomas thrilled the @hullvikings.bsky.social fans when he announced that four time world champion Barry Briggs had been tempted out of retirement to lead the Boulevard team for the wonderfully memorable 1976 season! #HullNeedsSpeedway
snatch a sensational point, being beaten right on the line.
O’Connor rode much better in heat 12 where he and Childs gave the Vikings a 4-2 and with a 3-3 draw in the final race, Hull had opened the season with a satisfactory win.
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𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻 🇺🇸
Today marks the 16th Anniversary of Kelly's passing.
A showman, a character and an unbelievable talent on a bike. A fans favourite - what a guy he was.
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝!
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“But Ian came to me again when I was with the Superstars in Tel-Aviv and outlined answers to most of my problems. And I eventually agreed to ride for Hull.” - Briggo 💙
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